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Neo-feudalism: A system of extreme variation in control and ownership of persons and property, where a small elite consolidates power—often under the guise of holding it “in trust” for the people—while the majority face diminished autonomy, conditional access to resources, and feudal-like obligations. Instead of securing Creator-endowed rights, the State subsumes individuals under elitist control. Core theme: centralized control via force, law, regulation, digital enclosure, or debt—never individual liberty. Two forms: * Traditional: 20th-century statism via bureaucratic/ideological lords; enforced by party, army, cult. Examples: socialism, communism, fascism. * Modern: digital/financial capitalism via platforms, patents, protocols; binding through interface, debt, data. Examples: techno-feudalism, corporate neo-feudalism, rentier neo-feudalism. All claim “good intentions” of restoring the bliss of mediated poverty (“you will own nothing, and like it”)—one through iron, the other through silicon—but none honors the free individual.
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